Filing-cabinet.



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Patented Apr. 13, 1909;

H. SQUIRES. 'FILING CABINET.

APPLICATION BIL ED APR. 27. 1908.

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H. L. SQUIRES. FILING CABINET. APPLXGATiON'HLED APR. 27. 1908.

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HARRY L. SQUIRES, OF MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA.

FILING-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 13, 1909.

Application filed April 27, 1908. Serial No. 429,344.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY L. Sonrnns, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Morgan City, in the parish of St. Mary and State ofLouisiana, have invented a new and Improved Filing-Cabinet, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide novel features ofconstruction for a filing cabinet, which embody a plurality of similarboXlike receptacles, permit inspection of thinterior of said receptacleswhile closed, through a glazed front wall on each receptaole, permiteach receptacle to be rocked into opened condition affording access toits contents, and provide an alarm that will be sounded when anyreceptacle is opened.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafter described and defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts, in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the improved carol filingcabinet; Fig. 2 is a side view of the cabinet, seen in direction of thearrow 2 in Fig. 1, parts of the casing wall thereof being broken awayfor exposure of in terior details, other parts therein appearing indotted lines; Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the cabinet,substantially on the lines 3-3, in Figs. 1 and 5. Fig. 4 is an enlargedfront view of a portion of the cabinet, parts being in section; Fig. 5is an enlarged transverse sectional view of a portion of the cabinet,the section being taken on the line 55 in Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is afragmentary transverse sectional view, showing details that also appearin Fig. 5, but illustrating a different adj ustment of the same. Anessentially rectangular casing 10 is provided for inclosure of otherparts, it having a rear wall 10 and side walls 10 The interior of thecasing is evenly subdivided throughout its area, by a plurality ofhorizontal partitions 11, which are evenly spaced apart, said partitionsimpinging their inner edges upon a vertical partition wall 12.

At equal distances apart the spaces between the horizontal partitions 11are subdivided by a plurality of vertical partitions 13, that areafliXed to the other partitions, and thus produce therewith horizontalrows of similar rectangular receptacles (L that are open at the front.

Similar card receiving boxes 14, one for each receptacle a, areprovided, these rectangular boxes having glazed front walls I) and openupper ends.

At opposite points on the side walls of each box 14, near the lowerfront corners thereon, trunnion pins 0 are projected therefrom, whichloosely occupy alined sockets formed in adjacent vertical partitions 13,as is clearly shown in Fig. 4, and as appears in Fig. 5, for one boX.The upper edges of the side walls of each boX 14 are rendered convex andthus adapted to have clearance when rocked out of the receptacle a itnormally occupies, to permit access to the open upper end thereof.

In a chamber 10", formed in the casing 10, rearward of the receptacles atherein and defined by the partition 12, rear casement wall 10 and sidewalls 10 thereof, the means for sounding an alarm when any of the boxes14 is rocked outward, and consisting of the following details, islocated.

In the same vertical plane, at a suitable distance from the partitionwall 12, a number of carrier rods 15 are supported, one opposite thelower portion of each horizontal row of boxes 14, each of said shaftshaving its ends fixed in bracket-boxes 6, respectively attached upon theinner surfaces of the side walls 10 thus disposing the vertical row ofcarrier rods in a plane parallel with the partition 12.

Upon each carrier rod 15, near the boxes 6 therefor, two short rock armsg, h are loosely mounted, and are normally supported in a horizontalplane by a coiled spring h, connected with the carrier rod and arm 7L.

. On the free ends of the rock arms g, h, on each carrier'rod 15, atripping rod 16 is secured at its ends, as shown in Fig. 3, thusdisposing the tripping rods parallel with the respective carrier rods.

The arms 7, which are all positioned at similar ends of the carrier-rods15, have their remaining ends furcated as at 7 2 and disposed in thesame vertical plane.

As shown in l ig. 2, a bell i is secured in the chamber 10, on a sidewall 10, adjacent to the uppermost carrier-rod 15.

A pull bar 17 is slidably supported in a vertical position on the rearcasement wall 10 by bracket boxes m, as appears mainly in respectivetripping rod 16, and said rods are respectively mounted on the arms g,h, on each fixed carrier rod 15, and the rock arms 7t are all connectedwith the pull bar 17, it will be seen that the bell i will be soundedwhen any box 14 in the cabinet is opened, which in some environmentswill be found very desirable.

It is to be understood that cards, letters or any valuable manuscriptsprinted or written may be placed in the cabinet in selected boxes 14,for removal as occasion may require.

Slight changes may be made in the constructive details of the inventionwithout departure from .the spirit thereof, and I claim all suchimmaterial changes as may be embraced within the scope of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a cabinet provided with aplurality of boxes, mounted for rocking movement outwardly, of an alarmin the casing, a spring pressed pull bar for operating the alarm, aplurality of fixed carrying rods in the casing, rock arms thereonadapted to engage with the pull bar, a tripping'rod on each pair of rockarms, and tripping dogs on the rear dotted lines in Fig. 2, said pullbar being supported in normally elevated adjustment by a coiled springn, carried between brackets n, near the lower wall of the chamber 10.Upon the upper end of the pull bar 17, an ordinary bell strike 0 isloosely connected, which is adapted to sound the bell i, if the pull baris jolted quickly by its sudden de pression and release. I

A plurality of collars p are mounted upon the pull bar 17, each collarbeing secured in contact with the lower surface of the forked member W,on each rock arm b, so that a quick elevation of either of the trippingrods 16, and sudden release, will pull down upon the bar 17, and give ita jolt which will ring the bell t.

Upon the back wall of each box 14, at its l transverse center and rearlower corner, a tripping dog 1" is hinged, the joint therefor permittingthe dog to rock upward but not below a level position.

The free ends of the dogs r, on each horizontal row of boxes 14, allhave an equal length, so proportioned that said ends may iminge upon thelower side of the tripping roc 16 they are nearest to, and raise the roda short distance and suddenly release it when the dog is rocked upwardalong with the box i 14 it is mounted upon, by an outward and j downwardrocking adjustment of said box mentary tripping rod, whereby the pullbar will be operated when the boxes are rocked outwardly.

2. The combination with a casing for a cabinet, a series of horizontalrows of receptacles formed in the casing, and an equal number of boxesopen at their upper ends, and pivoted near their lower front corners inthe respective receptacles, of an audible alarm in the casing,comprising a bell, a strike mechanism for the bell, a pull barvertically spring-pressed and adapted by depression to actuate thestrike mechanism, a plurality of fixed carrier rods in the casing, rockarms thereon adapted to engage with the pull bar, a tripping rod on eachpair of said rock arms, and tripping dogs on the rear walls of theboxes, adapted for depressing and then releasing a complementarytripping rod, so as to jolt the pull bar and sound the bell when theboxes are rocked outward to expose their open upper ends.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY L. SQUIRES.

on its trunnions, this engagement of parts being shown by dotted linesin Fig. 5.

The boxes 14 are each furnished with pull buttons 8, as shown in Figs. 4and 5, that are located near the upper open end thereof, and

to permit a free rocking movement of a respective box on its pivots aclearance slot 7 is formed in the rear wall of each receptacle a, which,as before mentioned, is the vertical partition 12; and to adapt the freeends of the dogs that engage with the tripping rods, to ride over saidrods smoothly, the u per corners of said free ends are convexec as shownin Figs. 5 and 6.

It will be apparent from the foregoing dej scription and an inspectionof the drawings, that reference cards for various business purj posesmay be placed in the boxes 14, which may havedesignating characters ontheir front walls, and such cards may be quickly removed for inspection,by simply rockinga selected box outward and downward, and it will benoted in Fig. 5 that a recess 25 is formed in the lower wall of eachreceptacle a, which will permit the front lower corner of each box 14 tofreely rock in its receptacle and fit neatly therein when closed, asshown by full lines in said figure. l

1As all the tripping dogs 1' in each jhorizonta Witnesses Z N. J AYWoosrnn,

row of boxes 14 have engagement with a DAVID C. 1V ALSH.

walls of the boxes, for depressing a comple-

